A 19th Century Double Barrel Percussion Cap Sporting Gun by Joseph Manton of London

 

Item Lot Number: 518

A 19th Century Double Barrel Percussion Cap Sporting Gun by Joseph Manton of London, with 75cm twist barrels, with signed foliate engraved lock plates, walnut half stock with foliate engraved steel furniture and inlaid silver escutcheon, with wood ramrod

Estimate: £200-300

 
Condition Report: The twist barrels are quite grey and thin at the muzzle. Both hammers are repaired. The right side of the stock has a chip missing behind the lock plate and a small sliver missing from the fore-end below the barrel. There is minor bruising to the stock. The steel furniture is grey and pitted. The action works